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Co-hosts of New Books in Political Science, Lilly Goren and Susan Liebell, interview authors who bring their expertise to contemporary political events. Postscript hosts the experts on mainstream media — with a little more time for detail and nuance!
Many pundits are rushing to judgement – claiming to identify the “one” reason that Donald Trump won or Kamala Harris lost the 2024 Presidential Electi…
In June, a presidential debated ended the candidacy of incumbent President Joe Biden. On September 10th, Vice President Kamala Harris and Former Presi…
On Thursday, Vice President Kamala Harris accepted the Democratic Party’s nomination in Chicago. Lilly and Susan talk to two presidential politics sch…
Vice President Kamala Harris is poised to become the Democratic Party’s nominee for president. The path to this nomination and the generation election…
The Republican Party held its nominating convention a week ago in Milwaukee, formally nominating former President Donald Trump as the standard-bearer …
On Thursday, June 27th, President Joe Biden and Trump debated for 90 minutes without a live audience or the usually provided by the Commission on Pres…
The first presidential debate will be held on June 27th, 2024 and the Republicans are heading to Milwaukee (a city Donald Trump recently called “horri…
In this episode of our occasional series, Postscript, we focus on the Supreme Court’s recently published decisions in two cases, about guns and aborti…
States are holding primaries. The Democrats and Republicans will convene in July and August but it has already been decided that the presidential race…
In 2019, nearly two-thirds of domestic violence homicides in the United States were committed with a gun. On average, three women are killed by a curr…
Today’s episode of POSTSCRIPT explores and examines director Greta Gerwig’s film, Barbie. This Warner Brothers’ movie has been in theaters for under a…
Two blockbuster cases came down in June of 2022. The Dobbs decision overturned Roe v. Wade and New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen subs…
Postscript invites scholars to react to contemporary political events and today’s podcast welcomes an expert on domestic violence and firearms law to …
The Supreme Court recently wrapped up their term – and announced that they will hear a very controversial case about domestic abuse, the power of Cong…
Postscript invites authors to react to contemporary political events that engage their scholarship. Since the Supreme Court is wrapping up their term,…
Today’s Postscript focuses on abortion politics in the United States, with particular attention to the April 7, 2023 federal court decisions in Texas…
For almost a year now, we have been absorbing news and information about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. There are a variety of different, or competing,…
Today’s Postscript (a special series that allows scholars to comment on pressing contemporary issues) focuses on the US Supreme Court and the Second A…
Today’s Postscript uniquely engages abortion politics by addressing structural political issues (voter suppression, gerrymandering, dilutions of minor…
This Postscript engages two of the country’s most celebrated legal scholars to discuss the criminalization of abortion and miscarriage, the eliminatio…